Chemists create nanomachines by breaking them apart
"Every act of creation," Picasso famously noted, "is first an act of destruction."
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Gone fishing: Highly accurate test for common respiratory viruses uses DNA as 'bait'
Cambridge researchers have developed a new test that "fishes" for multiple respiratory viruses at once using single strands of DNA as bait and gives highly accurate results in under an hour.
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Jan 16, 2023
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Software lets researchers create tiny rounded objects out of DNA. Here's why that's cool
Marvel at the tiny nanoscale structures emerging from research labs at Duke University and Arizona State University, and it's easy to imagine you're browsing a catalog of the world's smallest pottery.
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Dec 23, 2022
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Positively charged nanomaterials treat obesity anywhere you want
Researchers have long been working on how to treat obesity, a serious condition that can lead to hypertension, diabetes, chronic inflammation, and cardiovascular diseases. Studies have also revealed a strong correlation of ...
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Dec 1, 2022
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Cell Rover: Exploring and augmenting the inner world of a cell
Researchers at the MIT Media Lab have designed a miniature antenna that can operate wirelessly inside of a living cell, opening up possibilities in medical diagnostics and treatment and other scientific processes because ...
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Sep 22, 2022
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Swimming nanorobots treat deadly pneumonia in mice
Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed microscopic robots, called microrobots, that can swim around in the lungs, deliver medication and be used to clear up life-threatening cases of bacterial ...
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Sep 22, 2022
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'Glass bubble' nanocarrier boosts effects of combination therapy for pancreatic cancer
Over the past 30 years, progress in early detection and treatment of cancer has helped reduce the overall death rate by more than 30%. Pancreatic cancer, however, has remained difficult to treat. Only 1 in 9 people survive ...
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Sep 13, 2022
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Researchers produce nanodiamonds capable of delivering medicinal and cosmetic remedies through the skin
The skin is one of the largest and most accessible organs in the human body, but penetrating its deep layers for medicinal and cosmetic treatments still eludes science.
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Aug 30, 2022
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New nanosensor gives unprecedented look at dopamine release
Astronomers build new telescopes and peer at the night sky to see what they might find. Janelia Group Leader Abraham Beyene takes a similar approach when looking at the cells that make up the human brain.
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Microrobots in swarms for medical embolization
Microrobotic agents can form swarms of targeted drug delivery for improved imaging analyses. In a new report now published in Science Advances, Junhui Law and a team of researchers in mechanical and industrial engineering, ...
